Brett Harris is in the middle of his second baseball season since being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The elite all-state player serves as an emotional and inspirational leader for the two-time defending state champion and Class 3A top-ranked Bobcats.
A talented long jumper and sprinter in track, Linn-Mar sophomore Abby Mecklenburg has a real passion for softball.
Linn-Mar swept Iowa City West by scores of 10-0 and 11-1 in an Iowa high school softball doubleheader at Oak Ridge Middle School in Marion on Tuesday.
Junior catcher shares his and his team’s attributes - good and bad
According to Williamsburg eighth-year softball coach Adam Berte, if the Class 3A top-ranked Raiders can score at least four runs, they are tough to beat. Sophomore pitcher Jersey Metz is a big reason why.
Tait Tierney had four hits and scored each time he reached base, contributing to Cedar Rapids Prairie’s 13-9 win over Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy. The Cougars rebounded with a decisive, 11-0, victory in five innings for the split.
Cedar Rapids Prairie and Class 4A No. 1-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy split an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Monday night at Prairie High School. Prairie won the opener, 13-9. The Cougars took the nightcap, 11-0 in five innings.
Cedar Rapids Kennedy began this week with a 20-1 record, propelling it to the top of the Iowa High School Baseball Coaches Association Class 4A rankings released Monday. Kennedy has made a steady climb after starting at fifth in the preseason poll.
Wamac divisional contenders Marion and Benton Community battle. Cascade and Dyersville Beckman play in one of the state’s best baseball rivalries. Western Dubuque hosts Dubuque Wahlert for something bigger than baseball. Here are five games to watch this week.
Saturday was the Crosstown Classic in Solon, an event featuring three prep baseball games and youth baseball and softball games. It’s a fundraiser for The Fight With Flash Foundation in honor of Austin “Flash” Schroeder of Iowa City, who died of lymphoma at the age of 15 in 2015. Flash’s favorite sport was baseball
Peyton Stineman’s seventh-inning home run extended the second game of Thursday’s softball doubleheader at Niemeyer Field, then Class 5A eighth-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy won it in the eighth, 8-6. That forged a split between the Cougars and Cedar Rapids Jefferson. The host J-Hawks won the first game (the one that counted in Mississippi Valley Conference standings), 10-5.
Led by the Gookin sisters, Class 3A No. 4 Mount Vernon weathered some pregame distractions and swept Marion in a softball doubleheader.
Mount Vernon swept an Iowa high school softball doubleheader against Marion by scores of 10-5 and 13-1 Wednesday night at Marion High School.
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